Lyle Seehawer, right, of Sutherlin enjoys a recent successful elk hunt with his son-in-law, Dennis Mendenhall. Seehawer downed a spike bull after Mendenhall used a series of bull and cow calls to lure the spike out of the distance timber.

James 'Nig' Chartier, left, and Lyle Seehawer, are seen in this undated photo. Best friends since they were teenagers in northern Wisconsin, the two had many happy years and adventures together in the mountains and woods of eastern Oregon during elk hunting seasons. They kept the campfire burning and tales of the hunt flowing until Chartier's death in 2004.